2018 Total Group SAT Suite of Assessments Annual Report

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AboutThisReport

CollegeandCareerReadinessBenchmarks

Thisreportpresentsdataonstudentsintheclassof2018who EachassessmentintheSATSuitehasanassociatedsetof

tookthenewSAT?duringhighschool,aswellastakersof PSAT-relatedassessments--thePSAT/NMSQT?,PSATTM

metricscalledtheCollegeandCareerReadiness Benchmarks.

10,andPSATTM 8/9--duringthe2017-18schoolyear.

? TheSATMathbenchmarkisthesectionscoreassociated

Withineachassessment,testtakersarecountedonlyonce witha75% chanceofearningatleastaCinfirst-semester,

andonlytheirlatestscoresandmostrecentdemographic

credit-bearing,college-levelcoursesinalgebra,statistics,

responsesaresummarized.(Moststudentssupplyoptional precalculus,orcalculus.

demographicinformationwhentheyregisterforortaketestsin ? TheSATEvidence-BasedReadingandWriting(ERW)

theSATSuiteofAssessments,whichprovidesvaluable

benchmarkisassociatedwitha75% chanceofearningat

contextualinformationtoaidininterpretingandunderstanding leastaCinfirst-semester,credit-bearing,college-level

individualandgroupscores.)

coursesinhistory,literature,socialscience,orwriting.

Score Ranges Herearetherangesforreportedscoresforthe Evidence-BasedReadingandWriting(ERW)andMath sectionsofeachassessmentintheSATSuite:

? SATsections:200?800 ? PSAT/NMSQTandPSAT10sections:160?760 ? PSAT8/9sections:120?720

Thegrade-levelbenchmarkscoresforPSAT-related assessmentsarebasedonexpectedstudentgrowthtoward theSATbenchmarksateachgrade.WhileSATbenchmarks indicatelikelihoodofsuccessincollege,grade-level benchmarksindicatewhetherastudentisontrackforcollege andcareerreadinessfortheirgrade.Thebenchmarksareset toreflecttypicalannualgrowthfrom yeartoyearfrom 8th through 12th grades. CollegeandCareerReadinessBenchmarks

RecentChangestoDataCollectionandReporting

Assessment/ Grade level

ERW Section Score

Math Section Score

InJune2015,theCollegeBoardaligneditscollectionand

SAT

480

530

reportingofrace/ethnicitycategorieswithU.S.Departmentof Educationguidelines.Inaddition,whilepreviousSATcohort

Grade 11

assignmentreflectedself-reportedinformationcollectedduring Grade10

460 430

510 480

SATorSATSubjectTestregistrationonly,itnowleverages themostrecentinformationfrom theSAT,PSAT-related assessment,orAPprogramsinanefforttomorecloselyalign

Grade 9 Grade 8

410 390

450 430

withschool,district,andstatedatasystems.Forthese reasons,weadvisecautionwhencomparingdatapointsinthis reporttothoseinpreviousreports.

ThenewSATSuitebenchmarkoutcomesshouldnotbe comparedagainstresultsfrom theoldSATorPSAT/NMSQT, asthescorescaleandbenchmarkdefinitionshavechanged.

CaveatonUsingtheData Relationshipsbetweentestscoresandotherbackgroundor contextualfactorsarecomplexandinterdependent.Cautionis warrantedwhenusingscorestocompareorevaluate teachers,schools,districts,orstates,becauseofdifferences inparticipationandtesttakerpopulations.

StatisticalDefinitions

Meanscore:Themeanscoreisthearithmeticaverageofa definedsetoftestscores.Meanscorestatisticsarereported hereiftherearetenormorestudentsinagrouporsubgroup. Scaledscore:Ascaledscoreistheresultofadjustingaraw score(thenumberofquestionsansweredcorrectly)inways thatensurethatresultsacrossdifferenttestformsare comparable.Thescoresshownhereandreportedto educators,students,andinstitutionsarescaledscores.

Benchmarkstatisticsarereportediftherearetenormore students in a group or subgroup.

AbouttheCollegeBoard

TheCollegeBoardisamission-drivennot-for-profit organizationthatconnectsstudentstocollegesuccessand opportunity.Foundedin1900,theCollegeBoardwascreated toexpandaccesstohighereducation.Today,themembership associationismadeupofover6,000oftheworld'sleading educationalinstitutionsandisdedicatedtopromoting excellenceandequityineducation.Eachyear,theCollege Boardhelpsmorethansevenmillionstudentspreparefora successfultransitiontocollegethroughprogramsandservices incollegereadinessandcollegesuccess--includingtheSAT? andtheAdvancedPlacementProgram?(AP?).The organizationalsoservestheeducationcommunitythrough researchandadvocacyonbehalfofstudents,educatorsand schools.Forfurtherinformation,visit.

Standarddeviation(SD):Thestandarddeviationisa measureofthevariabilityofasetofscores.Iftestscores clustertightlyaroundthemeanscore,astheydowhenthe grouptestedisrelativelyhomogeneous,thestandard deviationissmallerthanitwouldbewithamorediversegroup andamorewidelydisperseddistributionofscores.

?2018TheCollegeBoard.CollegeBoard,AP,SAT,andthe acornlogoareregisteredtrademarksoftheCollegeBoard. PSAT/NMSQTisaregisteredtrademarkoftheCollegeBoard andNationalMeritScholarshipCorporation.PSATandSAT SubjectTestsaretrademarksownedbytheCollegeBoard.All othermarksarethepropertyoftheirrespectiveowners.Visit theCollegeBoardontheweb:.

2018SATSuiteAnnualReport TotalGroup

SATParticipationandPerformance Datareflect2018highschoolgraduateswhotookthenewSATduringhighschool.IfastudenttooktheSATmorethanonce,themost recentscoreissummarized.

Total

Total Took Essay?

TestTakers

Number Percent

2,136,539

1,449,142

68%

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

1068

536

531

1096

549

546

Both 47% 52%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

70%

49%

74%

55%

None 27% 24%

Race/Ethnicity

AmericanIndian/AlaskaNative Asian Black/AfricanAmerican Hispanic/Latino NativeHawaiian/OtherPacificIslander White TwoorMoreRaces No Response

TestTakers

Number Percent

10,946

1%

217,971

10%

263,318

12%

499,442

23%

5,620

0%

930,825

44%

77,078

4%

131,339

6%

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

949

480

469

1223

588

635

946

483

463

990

501

489

986

498

489

1123

566

557

1101

558

543

954

472

481

Both 24% 75% 21% 31% 31% 59% 52% 26%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

48%

26%

85%

81%

50%

23%

58%

33%

57%

33%

82%

61%

78%

54%

44%

31%

None 50% 10% 49% 40% 40% 16% 20% 51%

Sex

Female Male No Response

TestTakers Number Percent

1,117,329

52%

1,018,459

48%

751

0%

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

1061

539

522

1076

534

542

779

406

374

Both 44% 50%

3%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

72%

46%

69%

53%

14%

4%

None 27% 28% 86%

FirstLanguageLearned

English Only EnglishandAnotherLanguage AnotherLanguage No Response

TestTakers Number Percent

1,359,663

64%

414,790

19%

246,921

12%

115,165

5%

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

1083

548

535

1056

526

530

1069

521

547

930

463

467

Both 50% 44% 46% 22%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

75%

52%

65%

47%

63%

52%

40%

26%

None 23% 32% 31% 56%

HighestLevelofParentalEducation

TestTakers

Number Percent

NoHighSchoolDiploma

172,575

8%

HighSchoolDiploma

576,612

27%

Associate Degree

158,228

7%

Bachelor's Degree

588,211

28%

Graduate Degree

442,830

21%

No Response

198,083

9%

SATFeeWaiver

Usedatanypoint Didnotuse

TestTakers

Number Percent

444,166

21%

1,692,373

79%

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

944

473

471

1005

507

497

1039

526

513

1129

566

563

1197

599

598

911

454

457

Mean Score

Total ERW

Math

990

501

489

1088

545

543

Both 22% 33% 41% 61% 72% 18%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

45%

25%

62%

36%

71%

43%

83%

63%

88%

73%

37%

22%

None 51% 36% 27% 15% 10% 59%

Both 29% 52%

MetBenchmarks

ERW

Math

58%

32%

73%

54%

None 39% 24%

?ReflectsthemostrecentessayoftesttakerswhocompletedtheSATEssayatanypoint,notnecessarilyonthemostrecenttestadministrationdate.

2018SATSuiteAnnualReport TotalGroup

SATParticipationandPerformance:ScoreDistributions Datareflect2018highschoolgraduateswhotookthenewSATduringhighschool.IfastudenttooktheSATmorethanonce,themost recentscoreissummarized.

TotalandSectionScores

1400?1600 1200?1390 1000?1190 800?990 600?790 400?590 Mean SD

TotalScore 145,023 434,200 741,452 619,145 192,267 4,452 1068 204

7% 20% 35% 29%

9%

ERW

Math

700?800

140,614 7%

202,088 9%

600?690

495,747

23%

371,188

17%

500?590

719,988

34%

739,109

35%

400?490

601,691

28%

570,292

27%

300?390

170,178 8%

239,597 11%

_2_0_0_?_2_9_0______8_,_3_21___________________1_4_,_2_65__________________

Mean

536

531

SD

102

114

Cross-TestScores

35?40

Analysis in History/Social

Studies 169,074

Analysis in Science 176,566

30?34

480,102

544,967

25?29

776,662

712,888

20?24

523,040

539,949

15?19

171,801

151,247

_1_0_?_1_4___________1_5_,8_6_0_________1_0_,9_2_2____

Mean

27

27

SD

5

5

TestScores

35?40

Reading 166,212

Writingand Language 179,972

Math 202,088

30?34.5

529,164

492,038

371,188

25?29.5

736,809

673,047

739,109

20?24.5

545,064

582,616

570,292

15?19.5

148,837

193,338

239,597

_1_0_?_1_4_.5_________1_0_,4_5_3_________1_5_,5_2_8_________1_4_,2_6_5____

Mean

27

27

27

SD

5

5

6

Subscores

Wordsin Context

Standard Command Expression English ofEvidence ofIdeas Conventions

Heartof Algebra

Problem Solving and Data Analysis

Passportto Advanced Mathematics

13?15

265,793

260,617

292,470

236,683

243,679

264,388

295,904

10?12

743,040

613,277

677,917

526,286

579,403

615,871

532,757

7?9

738,790

881,828

756,439

712,416

857,227

706,138

776,736

4?6

298,596

365,870

363,448

568,896

401,967

387,193

467,167

_1_?_3______________9_0_,3_2_0_______1_4_,_94_7________4_6_,2_6_5_______9_2_,_2_58________5_4_,2_6_3_______1_6_2_,9_4_9_______6_3_,9_7_5____

Mean

9

9

9

8

9

9

9

SD

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Essay?

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

Mean

SD

Reading

13,113

67,630

474,646

367,365

365,008

101,911

59,469

5

1

Analysis

4,000

24,300

133,096

241,905

375,012

274,995

395,834

4

1

Writing

15,237

69,416

518,216

346,890

345,526

95,279

58,578

5

1

?ReflectsthemostrecentessayoftesttakerswhocompletedtheSATEssayatanypoint,notnecessarilyonthemostrecenttestadministrationdate.

2018SATSuiteAnnualReport TotalGroup

SATParticipationandPerformance:ScoreDistributionsbySubgroup

Datareflect2018highschoolgraduateswhotookthenewSATduringhighschool.IfastudenttooktheSATmorethanonce,themost

recentscoreissummarized.

Two or

Total Students Female

American

African

Native

Male

Indian Asian American Hispanic Hawaiian White

More Races

TestTakers

2,136,539 1,117,329 1,018,459 10,946 217,971 263,318 499,442 5,620 930,825 77,078

TotalScore

1400?1600 1200?1390 1000?1190 800?990 600?790 400?590

7% 20% 35% 29% 9% 0%

6% 19% 36% 31% 8% 0%

8% 21% 33% 27% 10% 0%

1% 8% 28% 42% 20% 0%

24% 33% 28% 13% 2% 0%

1% 7% 27% 45% 19% 0%

2% 11% 33% 40% 13% 0%

2% 11% 33% 40% 14% 0%

8% 27% 41% 21% 4% 0%

8% 23% 37% 26% 5% 0%

SectionScores-ERW

700?800

7%

600?690

23%

500?590

34%

400?490

28%

300?390

8%

200?290

0%

6% 23% 35% 28% 7% 0%

7% 23% 32% 28% 9% 1%

1% 10% 28% 41% 18% 0%

16% 34% 31% 16% 3% 0%

1% 10% 30% 44% 15% 1%

2% 14% 33% 38% 12% 0%

2% 13% 34% 39% 12% 0%

9% 31% 37% 20% 3% 0%

9% 28% 35% 23% 5% 0%

Section(Test)Scores-Math?

700?800(35?40) 9%

7%

600?690(30?34.5) 17%

16%

500?590(25?29.5) 35%

36%

400?490(20?24.5) 27%

29%

300?390(15?19.5) 11%

12%

200?290(10?14.5) 1%

1%

TestScores-Reading

35?40

8%

30?34

25%

25?29

34%

20?24

26%

15?19

7%

10?14

0%

7% 25% 36% 26% 6% 0%

12% 19% 33% 24% 11% 1%

8% 25% 33% 25% 8% 1%

2% 8% 29% 37% 23% 2%

2% 13% 31% 38% 15% 1%

36% 26% 25% 10% 3% 0%

16% 33% 32% 16% 3% 0%

1% 7% 27% 40% 23% 1%

2% 12% 33% 40% 13% 1%

3% 10% 33% 36% 17% 1%

3% 17% 35% 34% 10% 1%

3% 10% 34% 36% 17% 1%

3% 15% 35% 36% 10% 1%

10% 23% 41% 21% 5% 0%

11% 32% 36% 17% 3% 0%

10% 19% 37% 25% 8% 0%

11% 30% 35% 20% 4% 0%

TestScores-WritingandLanguage

35?40 30?34 25?29 20?24 15?19 10?14

8% 23% 32% 27% 9% 1%

9% 24% 32% 27% 8% 1%

8% 22% 31% 28% 10% 1%

2% 11% 27% 40% 20% 1%

21% 33% 27% 15% 4% 0%

2% 11% 29% 41% 17% 1%

3% 14% 31% 37% 13% 1%

3% 14% 33% 38% 13% 1%

11% 30% 35% 20% 4% 0%

11% 27% 33% 24% 6% 0%

?TheMathTestscoreisfoundbydividingtheMathsectionscoreby20.

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